Yahoo! announced on their Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog that they are hosting a free one hour webinar that will demonstrate why using adding Yahoo! My Display Ads into your marketing mix can energize your search campaigns. The webinar will be held this coming Thursday, November 19, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time. You can register for the webinar here.

Yahoo! My Display Ads is an innovative display advertising solution that allows you to easily create your own banner ads and run them across the Yahoo! network. Yahoo! claims that their service isn’t just for big companies. Today, they have opened their doors to smaller businesses and individuals. They offer an easy and affordable way for you to create banner ads and run them across their entire Yahoo! network.

Creating ads is simple. Yahoo! insists that designers are not needed and that there are no development costs involved. Yahoo! My Display Ads comes with design tools that will help you create and customize your own banners. The ad system also offers campaign targeting. You can specify the geographic locations, site-content categories, and demographics you want. Additionally, you have the option to set a daily budget, and control the pay per click and cost per impression rates. Lastly, Yahoo! My Display Ads offer performance tracking. You can get daily reports on clicks, impressions, and conversions. There’s also tools that allow you to maximize your ad performance.

By attending this free webinar, you will You will learn: The benefits of combining search and display advertising, more about Yahoo!’s innovative display advertising and targeting solutions, display advertising best practices, and how other business owners are succeeding with display advertising. I recommend tuning in. It’s free and the webinar will begin during the afternoon, so you can kick back and listen in while you have lunch.